Camryn Rogers 2nd in hammer throw at Paavo Nurmi Games to lead Canadian contingent

Hammer thrower Camryn Rogers of Richmond, B.C., earned her second consecutive second-place finish on Tuesday after winning the first four events of her outdoor season.

The 24-year-old opened competition at the Paavo Nurmi Games with a throw of 76.21 metres that would stand as her best of the day at the World Athletics Continental Tour Gold meet in Turku, Finland.

"Today was OK," she said. "I was enjoying the moment … [the] atmosphere was amazing [at Paavo Nurmi Stadium]."

A week ago, Rogers tossed 77.62 at the fifth Irena Szewinska Memorial in Bydgoszcz, Poland.

Rogers raised her Canadian record to 78.62 on May 26, winning a gold medal at the USA Track and Field Los Angeles Grand Prix. Her previous best was 77.84, set April 15 at the Mt. SAC Relays in Walnut, Calif.

Rogers will compete next in Kuortane, Finland.

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Brooke Andersen of Vista, Calif, picked up her sixth victory in seven outings this season with a 76.45 throw and stadium record on her second try.

However, the 27-year-old world champion was far from satisfied with her throws as she recorded only two marks on six attempts (74.51 on the other).

"It's not what I hoped for or expected," Andersen said in a story posted to the World Athletics website. "I was just getting ahead of the hammer a little bit and started pulling instead of working with.

"They're easy fixes, but I've just got to do it consistently."

Finland's Silja Kosonen took third (72.56) while Jillian Weir of Kingston, Ont., threw 66.26 on her third try to place eighth in the field of 10.

The 2022 Canadian silver medallists and 2020 Olympian was coming off a 67.49 season best atCopenhagen Athletics Games in Denmark on June 7.

Weir, 30, was